CRULP_Urdu_Phonetic-2013 Free Download

If you have installed Urdu as an input language on your computer, you may have noticed that the default Urdu keyboard in Windows 7 is not very user friendly. A much more user friendly keyboard for the Urdu language is available, called the "Phonetic keyboard".

As its name suggests, Urdu letters have been mapped to the keys on your keyboard by phonetics, i.e. the way they sound. So, the key A becomes ا, B becomes ب, and so on.

This tutorial outlines the steps to install the Urdu Phonetic Keyboard on your system.

 Download the "Urdu Phonetic Keyboard" installed attached as CRULP_Urdu_Phonetic_setup(2).rar
 This installer has been taken from the Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP) website and due credit is given for their work on this project. This installer may be downloaded from their website as well.

1.Unzip the .zip package downloaded above. Double click on the Setup.exe file to begin the installation.

 The installation is extremely simple, without any intermediate steps. Wait for the window with the following message to show, confirming that installation is complete:

2.CRULP Urdu Phonetic v1.1 has been successfully installed.

3.Click "Close" to exit.

4. Go to Control Panel > Region and Language and select the "Keyboards and Languages" tab. Click on "Change keyboards". Notice that under the Urdu keyboards menu, the CRULP Phonetic Keyboard has been added along with the default Urdu keyboard. Since we no longer have any use for the default Urdu keyboard, click on "Urdu" and then press the "Remove" button on the right. Click on Apply and Ok to save your settings.